narendra modi Archives - BG Mahesh

Few basic stats of the internet space in India,

320 million internet user base (~25% internet penetration)
Demography: 16- 25 years (37%), 26-35 years (38%), 36-45 (16%), Others (9%, which includes me!)
Urban internet base 62%, rural internet base 38%
Total mobile internet is over 250 million – 121 million 3G mobile users, 2G still bigger than 3G in India.
Urban mobile internet users 75%, rural at 25%. Growing at 55% year-on-year.
Smartphone penetration in India: 10% against the global penetration at 25%.
88% of India’s population is non-English speaking.
Local language internet user base 127 million, growing 47% year-on-year.